High Protein Cake Pops – Easter Bunny Cake Pops

Here comes Peter CottonTail lalala …. That song has been stuck in my head all week. Easter is just around the corner and I have been wracking my brain trying to come up with a few fun Easter activities to do with Joey. Both boys have been sick all week and it’s been raining non-stop, so getting outside hasn’t really been an option. As much as I want to dye Easter eggs with the boys (or with Joey while we let the baby watch), the idea of letting a 3 year old dip eggs into colored dye inside the house gives me anxiety. I would see it going very well or very, very badly 😉 When the weather clears up, I am all about doing this- but outside where messes don’t matter as much.

I was looking online for fun Easter-themed snacks and desserts to make and came across some really adorable ideas. However almost all of them were cake pops. Now don’t get me wrong, I am all about enjoying cake. But, if we are going to make an entire batch of cake pops, we are going to end up eating the whole batch ourselves. And I just don’t think any of us need that much extra sugar right now. So instead, I decided to come up with a cake pop alternative that tastes just as good, is just as fun to make, but is packed full of nutritious ingredients so it can actually be a legit snack and not just an occasional dessert. Enter my High Protein Easter Bunny Cake Pops.

I think I am a little too excited about how these cake pops came out. They taste even better than I expected, but they also look like real little Easter bunnies. If you follow me on Instagram, you will understand why I am so excited that these guys really look like a bunny after my epic Pinterest Fail attempt at making chocolate-covered strawberry bunnies. Just check out the picture and you will see what I mean. I don’t think I need to tell you what they actually resemble (hint: it’s a certain smiley face brown emoji haha).

The best part about these cake pops is that they are rich in protein and healthy fat with very little added sugar. So the dietitian in me is beyond excited that the new ‘dessert’ in the house is more nutritionally equivalent to a well-rounded breakfast smoothie. If you make them yourself, tag me and share your pictures. I would love to see how they turn out!

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High Protein Cake Pops- Easter Bunny Cake Pops

Prep Time

5mins

Cook Time

1hrs

Total Time

1hrs5mins

These high protein cake pops make the perfect healthy Easter dessert.

Course:
Dessert

Cuisine:
American

Servings: 10

Calories: 107kcal

Ingredients

1/2cupnatural peanut butter

1/3cupchocolate protein powder

1/4cuprolled oats

1/3cupGreek yogurt, vanilla

1tspmini dark chocolate chips

8pairscandy eye-balls

2strawsedible grass

Instructions

In a small bowl, heat peanut butter in the microwave until it thins out and can be easily mixed (about 30 seconds).

Stir oats and protein powder into the peanut butter to create a dough.

Place dough in refrigerator for about 5 minutes to allow it to slightly harden and become moldable.